Gays Mills Man Celebrates Retirement from Navy

GAYS MILLS, WI (Ben Caxton) — A former Gays Mills man has retired from the Navy after 30 years of service. Family, friends, and members of the Navy’s Blue Angels attended a September 6 retirement ceremony at the Spirit of St. Louis Airfield in St. Louis, Missouri for Navy Reserve Lt. Daniel J. Monahan who served as an administrative officer with the Joint Transportation Reserve Unit at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Monahan joined the Navy in 1988 in the delayed entry program and went to boot camp June 18, 1989. After specialty training in Mississippi, he went to San Diego, California to serve aboard the aircraft carrier the USS Independence. He served during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm on this carrier and then went on to serve on the aircraft carriers USS Midway and USS Carl Vincent. Monahan also deployed to Kuwait during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He began in the enlisted ranks, working his way up to yeoman chief petty officer and then earned a commissioning as an administrative officer. Monahan is the son of Mary Monahan of Gays Mills, Wisconsin and a graduate of North Crawford High School, Gays Mills.